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Jayne Ann Krentz.
Fired up
After nightmares and blackouts signal the presence of a family curse, Jack Winters seeks the Burning Lamp in hopes of preventing his transformation into a monster, enlisting the help of Chloe Harper, an alluring private investigator with special powers.
Richard Doetsch
13th Hour
A tale told in reverse finds an innocent man sitting in jail after being accused of his wife's murder and given an opportunity by a stranger to go back in time to discover what happened, an opportunity that poses a painful dilemma.
Jude Deveraux
Days of Gold
After a failed attempt to reclaim Edilean Talbot's family gold, Angus McTern is accused of kidnapping and theft and must flee 1766 Scotland with Edilean and find refuge in the growing American colonies.
Tami Hoag.
Deeper than the dead
A California town is rocked to its core when two boys and a girl stumble upon a murder victim, drawing Special Agent Tony Mendez into a search for a psychopathic serial killer called "The See No Evil Killer," but as his probe continues, he realizes that the killer may be the father of one of the boys and enlists the aid of their teacher, Anne Navarre, to uncover the truth.
Orson Scott Card
Hidden Empire
Captain Cole becomes increasingly concerned about new U.S. President Averell Torrent's tough-handed foreign policy stance, a perspective that causes him to be targeted and prompts his investigation into the president's role in an assassination plot.
Stephen Hunter
I, Sniper
Bob Lee Swagger fights to clear the name of a fellow soldier-in-arms and faces off against one of his most ruthless adversaries yet, a sniper whose keen intellect and pinpoint accuracy rivals his own.
Jasper Fforde
Shades of Grey
Color Control Agency employee and House of Red member Eddie Russet experiences discontent with his limited vision when he meets Gray Nightseer Jane, who suggests that their color-blind world was brought about by a disaster that nobody is allowed to acknowledge.
Mike Resnick.
Starship-- flagship
Wilson Cole, the crew of the starship Theodore Roosevelt and their ragtag armada must find a way past the Republic's Navy if they are to infiltrate the planet Deluros VIII and overthrow the government, a conundrum compounded by the fact that a new threat looms on the horizon.
Dominick Dunne.
Too much money
A sequel to People Like Us finds writer Gus Bailey witnessing the disappearance of the old-money society that once occupied him and investigating the murder of one of the world's wealthiest men, an effort that is sabotaged by the man's calculating wife and schemers within Gus's own set.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Relax after Christmas with the new J.A. Jance or Ed Gorman mystery.
J.A. Jance.
Trial by fire
Taking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates a subdivision fire and the identity of an injured amnesiac woman, a case that unleashes a family drama and a remorseless killer.
Ed Gorman
Ticket to ride
Struggling with his father's illness and the end of a relationship, small-town Iowa lawyer Sam McCain witnesses the return of his community's first Vietnam casualty while reuniting with old friends at a Labor Day party that is shattered by a double murder.
Drew Karpyshyn.
Darth Bane : dynasty of evil : a novel of the Old Republic
A latest entry in the best-selling series that began with Path of Destruction and Rule of Two finds Darth Bane suffering the effects of using the dark side, doubting his apprentice for her apparent lack of ambition and pursuing an artifact with the power of granting immortality.
India Edghill
Delilah
Raised to be a priestess to the Five Cities ruling Canaan, a rebellion-wary Delilah sets out to capture reluctant Israelite warrior Samson, who falls in love with Delilah and forces the young priestess to question her heart and loyalties
Laurell K. Hamilton.
Divine misdemeanors
Refusing the throne of faerie in order to protect her unborn twins, Merry withdraws with her bodyguards to Los Angeles before encountering unexpected dangers from the factions of the faerie courts and her own worshipers.
Alexander McCall Smith.
La's orchestra saves the world
A stand-alone work by the author of the Isabel Dalhousie series finds divorcee Lavender fleeing World War II London and organizing an amateur orchestra that includes a talented Polish refugee who rekindles long-buried feelings
Angela Hunt.
Let darkness come
Working on a case that could make or break her career, attorney Briley Lester, defending a society wife accused of killing her abusive husband--the scion of one of the city's wealthiest and most influential families--stumbles upon a tragic, shocking secret that could prove her client's innocence.
Colleen McCullough, Sydney Miner.
Too many murders :a Carmine Delmonico novel
In 1967, the town of Holloman, Connecticut, the home of armaments giant Cornucopia, chief of detectives Carmine Delmonico investigates a dozen murders that may be connected to a spy passing Cornucopia's secrets to the Russians.
Trial by fire
Taking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates a subdivision fire and the identity of an injured amnesiac woman, a case that unleashes a family drama and a remorseless killer.
Ed Gorman
Ticket to ride
Struggling with his father's illness and the end of a relationship, small-town Iowa lawyer Sam McCain witnesses the return of his community's first Vietnam casualty while reuniting with old friends at a Labor Day party that is shattered by a double murder.
Drew Karpyshyn.
Darth Bane : dynasty of evil : a novel of the Old Republic
A latest entry in the best-selling series that began with Path of Destruction and Rule of Two finds Darth Bane suffering the effects of using the dark side, doubting his apprentice for her apparent lack of ambition and pursuing an artifact with the power of granting immortality.
India Edghill
Delilah
Raised to be a priestess to the Five Cities ruling Canaan, a rebellion-wary Delilah sets out to capture reluctant Israelite warrior Samson, who falls in love with Delilah and forces the young priestess to question her heart and loyalties
Laurell K. Hamilton.
Divine misdemeanors
Refusing the throne of faerie in order to protect her unborn twins, Merry withdraws with her bodyguards to Los Angeles before encountering unexpected dangers from the factions of the faerie courts and her own worshipers.
Alexander McCall Smith.
La's orchestra saves the world
A stand-alone work by the author of the Isabel Dalhousie series finds divorcee Lavender fleeing World War II London and organizing an amateur orchestra that includes a talented Polish refugee who rekindles long-buried feelings
Angela Hunt.
Let darkness come
Working on a case that could make or break her career, attorney Briley Lester, defending a society wife accused of killing her abusive husband--the scion of one of the city's wealthiest and most influential families--stumbles upon a tragic, shocking secret that could prove her client's innocence.
Colleen McCullough, Sydney Miner.
Too many murders :a Carmine Delmonico novel
In 1967, the town of Holloman, Connecticut, the home of armaments giant Cornucopia, chief of detectives Carmine Delmonico investigates a dozen murders that may be connected to a spy passing Cornucopia's secrets to the Russians.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Berry, Zahn, & Crichton add some adventure to the new book shelves.
Steve Berry.
The Paris vendetta
Awakened by a housebreaking stranger who is revealed to be a friend of Henrik Thorvaldsen and the father of a young man he once tried to save, Cotton Malone flees with the intruder when they are pursued by a shadowy organization that is hiding a dangerous Napoleon-era secret.
Laura Lippman.
In big trouble
Tess Monaghan has learned to survive the streets of Baltimore, first as a reporter and most recently as a private detective, but when she investigates the disappearance of a musician she once loved and lost, she will confront painful truths from her past, and evidence of a new and deadly killer stalking the city
Dean Koontz.
Breathless
Isolating himself in the Colorado Rockies, craftsman Grady Adams encounters a pair of beautiful furred animals that challenge everything he and a local veterinarian understand about the natural world, a discovery for which they are targeted by government forces.
Timothy Zahn.
Cobra alliance
Just as most people are thinking that the Cobra warriors--a guerilla force whose weapons are surgically implanted--are not worth their high cost, from the shadows of the universe comes a new menace, one that even the formidable Cobra warriors may not be able to defeat.
James Patterson.
I, Alex Cross
Determined to capture the psychopath responsible for murdering his niece, Alex Cross discovers that the young woman was among a dangerous group of people and was not the only one to have disappeared.
Harry Turtledove.
Liberating Atlantis
Frederick, a descendent of the family that founded the first settlement in Atlantis, must work as a slave when he is unable to prove his lineage, and becomes the leader of a revolutionary army of freedom fighters.
Lee Goldberg.
Mr. Monk in trouble
America's favorite obsessive-compulsive detective is back in a new original tale in the series based on the popular TV show.
Michael Crichton.
Pirate latitudes
English Captain Charles Hunter and his crew of ruffians sail from colonial Jamaica to infiltrate a Spanish-controlled island, commandeering the galleon El Trinidad and its fortune in gold after a bloody battle, but Hunter and his crew have plenty of danger and adventure ahead of them, in this 17th-century swashbuckling tale found among the late author's files after his passing.
The Paris vendetta
Awakened by a housebreaking stranger who is revealed to be a friend of Henrik Thorvaldsen and the father of a young man he once tried to save, Cotton Malone flees with the intruder when they are pursued by a shadowy organization that is hiding a dangerous Napoleon-era secret.
Laura Lippman.
In big trouble
Tess Monaghan has learned to survive the streets of Baltimore, first as a reporter and most recently as a private detective, but when she investigates the disappearance of a musician she once loved and lost, she will confront painful truths from her past, and evidence of a new and deadly killer stalking the city
Dean Koontz.
Breathless
Isolating himself in the Colorado Rockies, craftsman Grady Adams encounters a pair of beautiful furred animals that challenge everything he and a local veterinarian understand about the natural world, a discovery for which they are targeted by government forces.
Timothy Zahn.
Cobra alliance
Just as most people are thinking that the Cobra warriors--a guerilla force whose weapons are surgically implanted--are not worth their high cost, from the shadows of the universe comes a new menace, one that even the formidable Cobra warriors may not be able to defeat.
James Patterson.
I, Alex Cross
Determined to capture the psychopath responsible for murdering his niece, Alex Cross discovers that the young woman was among a dangerous group of people and was not the only one to have disappeared.
Harry Turtledove.
Liberating Atlantis
Frederick, a descendent of the family that founded the first settlement in Atlantis, must work as a slave when he is unable to prove his lineage, and becomes the leader of a revolutionary army of freedom fighters.
Lee Goldberg.
Mr. Monk in trouble
America's favorite obsessive-compulsive detective is back in a new original tale in the series based on the popular TV show.
Michael Crichton.
Pirate latitudes
English Captain Charles Hunter and his crew of ruffians sail from colonial Jamaica to infiltrate a Spanish-controlled island, commandeering the galleon El Trinidad and its fortune in gold after a bloody battle, but Hunter and his crew have plenty of danger and adventure ahead of them, in this 17th-century swashbuckling tale found among the late author's files after his passing.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Grafton's Kinsey Millhone is back. Get comfortable and settle in to enjoy another great mystery.
Sue Grafton.
U is for undertow
Hired by a preppy college dropout to discern the fate of a four-year-old girl who disappeared more than twenty years earlier, Kinsey Millhone investigates the young man's sketchy memories about a burial scene he believes he discovered at the age of six.
David Poyer.
The crisis : a Dan Lenson novel
Assigned to improve an undisciplined patrol craft squadron in the Red Sea, Naval Commander Dan Lenson and his Tactical Analysis Group find themselves at the head of a humanitarian mission in famine-stricken northern Africa, where a young jihadist coordinates a violent insurgency.
Fern Michaels.
Deadly deals
After spending Thanksgiving with their loved ones on Big Pine Mountain, the ladies of the Sisterhood prepare to assist attorney Lizzie Fox in breaking up an illegal baby selling ring.
Jim Butcher.
First lord's fury
Legendary man of war and the rightful First Lord of Alera, Gaius Octavian must save his world from eternal darkness, and stand against the savage Vord in the Calderon Valley.
Joseph Wambaugh.
Hollywood moon
In the wake of reports about a young man who has been attacking women, LAPD cops Flotsam and Jetsam encounter a suspicious pair of individuals with ties to a deadly, high-tech organization that pits its own con artists against one another.
Cassandra Clark.
The red velvet turnshoe
A tale set against a backdrop of the Black Death and Hundred Years' War finds brave nun Abbess Hildegard searching for the sacred Cross of Constantine in order to safeguard the English crown.
Mick Herron.
Smoke & whispers
When a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads North for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zoe Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions. Did Zoe kill herself, or did one of her old cases come looking for her? Why was she wearing a jacket a murderer had stolen years before?
Alice Munro.
Too much happiness : stories
Nine new short works include the stories of a grieving mother who is aided by a surprising source, a woman's response to a humiliating seduction, and a nineteenth-century Russian GemigrGe's winter journey to the Riviera.
David Weber & Eric Flint.
Torch of freedom
As the slave masters of Mesa plot against the Star Empire of Manticore and the newly liberated slave planet of Torch, secret agent Anton Zilwicki investigates a wave of mysterious assassinations, and a young security officer hired by Torch official and suspect.
James Hime.
Where armadillos go to die
Retired Texas Ranger Jeremiah Spur becomes the only investigator interested in determining the fate of a missing restaurant owner whose promising invention has been targeted by venture capitalists and an NFL star.
U is for undertow
Hired by a preppy college dropout to discern the fate of a four-year-old girl who disappeared more than twenty years earlier, Kinsey Millhone investigates the young man's sketchy memories about a burial scene he believes he discovered at the age of six.
David Poyer.
The crisis : a Dan Lenson novel
Assigned to improve an undisciplined patrol craft squadron in the Red Sea, Naval Commander Dan Lenson and his Tactical Analysis Group find themselves at the head of a humanitarian mission in famine-stricken northern Africa, where a young jihadist coordinates a violent insurgency.
Fern Michaels.
Deadly deals
After spending Thanksgiving with their loved ones on Big Pine Mountain, the ladies of the Sisterhood prepare to assist attorney Lizzie Fox in breaking up an illegal baby selling ring.
Jim Butcher.
First lord's fury
Legendary man of war and the rightful First Lord of Alera, Gaius Octavian must save his world from eternal darkness, and stand against the savage Vord in the Calderon Valley.
Joseph Wambaugh.
Hollywood moon
In the wake of reports about a young man who has been attacking women, LAPD cops Flotsam and Jetsam encounter a suspicious pair of individuals with ties to a deadly, high-tech organization that pits its own con artists against one another.
Cassandra Clark.
The red velvet turnshoe
A tale set against a backdrop of the Black Death and Hundred Years' War finds brave nun Abbess Hildegard searching for the sacred Cross of Constantine in order to safeguard the English crown.
Mick Herron.
Smoke & whispers
When a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads North for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zoe Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions. Did Zoe kill herself, or did one of her old cases come looking for her? Why was she wearing a jacket a murderer had stolen years before?
Alice Munro.
Too much happiness : stories
Nine new short works include the stories of a grieving mother who is aided by a surprising source, a woman's response to a humiliating seduction, and a nineteenth-century Russian GemigrGe's winter journey to the Riviera.
David Weber & Eric Flint.
Torch of freedom
As the slave masters of Mesa plot against the Star Empire of Manticore and the newly liberated slave planet of Torch, secret agent Anton Zilwicki investigates a wave of mysterious assassinations, and a young security officer hired by Torch official and suspect.
James Hime.
Where armadillos go to die
Retired Texas Ranger Jeremiah Spur becomes the only investigator interested in determining the fate of a missing restaurant owner whose promising invention has been targeted by venture capitalists and an NFL star.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Take a Break From Shopping With a New Christmas Novel
Garrison Keillor.
A Christmas blizzard
A wealthy and depressed man bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt, arriving just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. By the author of Pilgrims: A Novel of Lake Woebegon.
Donna VanLiere.
The Christmas secret
Working long hours to make ends meet while struggling to protect her young children from their manipulative father, Christine Eisley saves the life of an elderly department-store employee and sets in motion a difficult series of events that leads her to a new relationship
Linda Lael Miller.
A Creed country Christmas : a Montana Creeds novel
In 1910, in the untamed Montana wilderness, schoolteacher Juliana Mitchell, disowned for her refusal to marry, discovers that she is no longer averse to marriage when she meets widowed rancher Lincoln Creed, who is searching for a governess for his young daughter.
Cleo Coyle.
Holiday grind
Coffeehouse manager and head barista Clare Cosi and her NYPD detective boyfriend discover the snowy body of a man dressed up in a Santa suit, and become convinced the death was more than a mugging gone awry.
Heather Graham.
Home in time for Christmas
When she rescues a man claiming to be a patriot soldier sentenced to death by British authorities, Melody Tarleton takes the stranger to her parents' house, where a little Christmas magic, some enchanted petals, and ancient potions take them on an unimaginable adventure.
Kate Jacobs.
Knit the season : a Friday Night Knitting Club book
Dakota Walker--along with her father, her grandparents and her mother's best friend, Catherine--visits her Gran for the Christmas holidays in Scotland, where the family members reminisce about Dakota's mother, Georgia, from Georgia's childhood to her blissful time as a doting new mom, in a story that takes place a year after the best-selling Knit Two.
Emily Brightwell.
Mrs. Jeffries and the yuletide weddings
Inspector Witherspoon and his staff find their preparations disrupted for the Yuletide wedding of Betsy and Smythe when they discover the murder of a middle-aged spinster by someone hoping to make it look like a random crime.
T. D. Jakes.
Jennifer Chiaverini.
A quilter's holiday : an Elm Creek quilts novel
The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays, during which days spent hand-stitching heartfelt gifts for loved ones brings forth the true spirit of generosity and kindness, especially when Gwen gifts a quilt project to her mentor's bone-marrow donor.
Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.
A wish for Christmas
Cape Light residents reflect on their past and future during the Christmas holiday, including David, recently returned home after serving in Afghanistan to find his widowed father remarried, and Lillian who comes to the aid of a friend in need.
Wally Lamb.
Wishin' and hopin' : a Christmas story
A holiday novella focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello as Christmas approaches in 1964, then looks forward from the past to the present to measure what America has gained and what it has lost.
The memory quilt : A Christmas story for our times
A grandmother learns 10 life lessons from the story of Jesus's birth in the Bible, inspiring her to create quilts for children at a local shelter, in a first Christmas story from the best-selling author of Reposition Yourself: Living Life without Limits.
A Christmas blizzard
A wealthy and depressed man bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt, arriving just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. By the author of Pilgrims: A Novel of Lake Woebegon.
Donna VanLiere.
The Christmas secret
Working long hours to make ends meet while struggling to protect her young children from their manipulative father, Christine Eisley saves the life of an elderly department-store employee and sets in motion a difficult series of events that leads her to a new relationship
Linda Lael Miller.
A Creed country Christmas : a Montana Creeds novel
In 1910, in the untamed Montana wilderness, schoolteacher Juliana Mitchell, disowned for her refusal to marry, discovers that she is no longer averse to marriage when she meets widowed rancher Lincoln Creed, who is searching for a governess for his young daughter.
Cleo Coyle.
Holiday grind
Coffeehouse manager and head barista Clare Cosi and her NYPD detective boyfriend discover the snowy body of a man dressed up in a Santa suit, and become convinced the death was more than a mugging gone awry.
Heather Graham.
Home in time for Christmas
When she rescues a man claiming to be a patriot soldier sentenced to death by British authorities, Melody Tarleton takes the stranger to her parents' house, where a little Christmas magic, some enchanted petals, and ancient potions take them on an unimaginable adventure.
Kate Jacobs.
Knit the season : a Friday Night Knitting Club book
Dakota Walker--along with her father, her grandparents and her mother's best friend, Catherine--visits her Gran for the Christmas holidays in Scotland, where the family members reminisce about Dakota's mother, Georgia, from Georgia's childhood to her blissful time as a doting new mom, in a story that takes place a year after the best-selling Knit Two.
Emily Brightwell.
Mrs. Jeffries and the yuletide weddings
Inspector Witherspoon and his staff find their preparations disrupted for the Yuletide wedding of Betsy and Smythe when they discover the murder of a middle-aged spinster by someone hoping to make it look like a random crime.
T. D. Jakes.
Jennifer Chiaverini.
A quilter's holiday : an Elm Creek quilts novel
The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays, during which days spent hand-stitching heartfelt gifts for loved ones brings forth the true spirit of generosity and kindness, especially when Gwen gifts a quilt project to her mentor's bone-marrow donor.
Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.
A wish for Christmas
Cape Light residents reflect on their past and future during the Christmas holiday, including David, recently returned home after serving in Afghanistan to find his widowed father remarried, and Lillian who comes to the aid of a friend in need.
Wally Lamb.
Wishin' and hopin' : a Christmas story
A holiday novella focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello as Christmas approaches in 1964, then looks forward from the past to the present to measure what America has gained and what it has lost.
The memory quilt : A Christmas story for our times
A grandmother learns 10 life lessons from the story of Jesus's birth in the Bible, inspiring her to create quilts for children at a local shelter, in a first Christmas story from the best-selling author of Reposition Yourself: Living Life without Limits.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Shaara's New "No Less than Victory" Concludes His WWII Trilogy
Jeff Shaara.
No less than victory : a novel of World War II
A conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Rising Tide and The Steel Wave imagines the Battle of the Bulge from the perspectives of Eisenhower, Patton, Churchill, Hitler and an assortment of young soldiers.
Katherine Hall Page.
The body in the sleigh : a Faith Fairchild mystery
Faith Fairchild looks for a connection between the death of Norah, a teenage drug addict whose body was found in an antique sleigh, and the discovery of a newborn baby boy in the manger in spinster Mary Bethany's barn on Christmas Eve.
Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated and adapted by Peter Ackroyd.
Canterbury tales
A prose translation of the classic 14th-century poem seeks to retain Chaucer's vigorous and bawdy style while rendering its contents more accessible to modern readers, in a version that places an emphasis on the humanity of key characters.
Mark Arsenault.
Loot the moon
Former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns in the sequel to the acclaimed Gravewriter only to find himself targeted by a killer who doesn't like Billy's meddling in a case involving the murder of Superior Court Judge Gilbert Harmony.
Sarah Jane Stratford.
The midnight guardian : a millennial novel
Remembering the devastation of World War I on the vampire communities, ancient vampires break their policy against interfering in human affairs upon the outbreak of World War II but find the Nazi war machine more formidable than anticipated.
Steven F. Havill
Red, green, or murder
Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrances. But Bill soon finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance.
Jeri Westerson.
Serpent in the thorns : a Crispin Guest medieval noir
After the French king's courier is killed by a crossbow in a tavern, a barmaid seeks the assistance of fourteenth-century detective Crispin Guest, who soon finds himself the prime suspect in the murder, one that could draw France and England into war.
Peter Mayle.
The vintage caper
When the exclusive wine collection of a rich Hollywood lawyer is stolen by a cultivated thief, former lawyer and connoisseur Sam Levitt follows leads from Bordeaux to Provence while receiving assistance from a beautiful French colleague
Daniel Judson.
The violet hour
The Shamus Award-winning author of The Poisoned Rose offers the tale of Caleb Rakowski, who works at, and lives above, his friend Eric Carver's body shop and shelters his pregnant friend from an abusive husband, only to learn the truth about Eric and be propelled into a world of trouble over the course of Mischief Night, Halloween, and the Day of the Dead.
Penny Vincenzi.
Windfall
A best-selling tale in Britain follows the experiences of doctor's wife Cassia Fallon, whose unexpectedly large inheritance causes her to question her marriage, future, and sensible lifestyle before she starts wondering about the negative influence of her good fortune on her beliefs.
No less than victory : a novel of World War II
A conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Rising Tide and The Steel Wave imagines the Battle of the Bulge from the perspectives of Eisenhower, Patton, Churchill, Hitler and an assortment of young soldiers.
Katherine Hall Page.
The body in the sleigh : a Faith Fairchild mystery
Faith Fairchild looks for a connection between the death of Norah, a teenage drug addict whose body was found in an antique sleigh, and the discovery of a newborn baby boy in the manger in spinster Mary Bethany's barn on Christmas Eve.
Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated and adapted by Peter Ackroyd.
Canterbury tales
A prose translation of the classic 14th-century poem seeks to retain Chaucer's vigorous and bawdy style while rendering its contents more accessible to modern readers, in a version that places an emphasis on the humanity of key characters.
Mark Arsenault.
Loot the moon
Former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns in the sequel to the acclaimed Gravewriter only to find himself targeted by a killer who doesn't like Billy's meddling in a case involving the murder of Superior Court Judge Gilbert Harmony.
Sarah Jane Stratford.
The midnight guardian : a millennial novel
Remembering the devastation of World War I on the vampire communities, ancient vampires break their policy against interfering in human affairs upon the outbreak of World War II but find the Nazi war machine more formidable than anticipated.
Steven F. Havill
Red, green, or murder
Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrances. But Bill soon finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance.
Jeri Westerson.
Serpent in the thorns : a Crispin Guest medieval noir
After the French king's courier is killed by a crossbow in a tavern, a barmaid seeks the assistance of fourteenth-century detective Crispin Guest, who soon finds himself the prime suspect in the murder, one that could draw France and England into war.
Peter Mayle.
The vintage caper
When the exclusive wine collection of a rich Hollywood lawyer is stolen by a cultivated thief, former lawyer and connoisseur Sam Levitt follows leads from Bordeaux to Provence while receiving assistance from a beautiful French colleague
Daniel Judson.
The violet hour
The Shamus Award-winning author of The Poisoned Rose offers the tale of Caleb Rakowski, who works at, and lives above, his friend Eric Carver's body shop and shelters his pregnant friend from an abusive husband, only to learn the truth about Eric and be propelled into a world of trouble over the course of Mischief Night, Halloween, and the Day of the Dead.
Penny Vincenzi.
Windfall
A best-selling tale in Britain follows the experiences of doctor's wife Cassia Fallon, whose unexpectedly large inheritance causes her to question her marriage, future, and sensible lifestyle before she starts wondering about the negative influence of her good fortune on her beliefs.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Check Out Gregory Maguire's Little Match Girl: "Matchless: a Christmas story"
Gregory Maguire.
Matchless : a Christmas story
The best-selling author of the Wicked Years series reimagines the Hans Christian Anderson tale "The Little Match Girl," intertwining the title character's tale with that of Frederik, whose own yearnings are a catalyst for a better future for himself and his family, in a book that suggests transcendence and the permanence of spirit.
William G. Tapply.
Dark tiger
A fishing guide who woke up in a hospital seven years ago with unexplained talents and no memories, Stoney Calhoun is visited by a mysterious stranger who promises to solve Stoney's problems if he will investigate a staged murder/suicide pact.
Jess Walter.
The financial lives of the poets
Matt Prior is losing his job, his wife, and his house, and he's about to lose his mindùuntil he discovers a way that he might just possibly be able to save it all ... and have a pretty damn great time doing it, in a comic and heartfelt novel from a National Book Award nominee.
Richard Belzer with Michael Black.
I am not a psychic!
A first novel by the actor best known for his portrayal of detective John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit presents the story of a television actor whose dinner with a friend culminates in a street brawl, a tabloid scandal, and his friend's disappearance.
Barbara Kingsolver.
The lacuna
Presents the story of a man's search for safety in the grinding jaws of two nations, at a moment when the entire world seemed bent on reinventing itself at any cost. This book provides a story of identity, connection with our past, and the power of words to create or devastate.
Reginald Hill.
Midnight fugue : a Dalziel and Pascoe mystery
In novel set during a single October day, Andy Dalziel investigates the seven-year disappearance of Gina Wolfe's husband, a former detective who may either be in a fugue state or fleeing suspicion over leaks in a case he was working, in a mystery that is further complicated by loan shark Goldie Gidman and two henchmen from his past who are shadowing Gina.
Elmer Kelton.
Other men's horses
Setting out to arrest a trader accused of killing a horse thief, young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard finds the case complicated by the trader's honor-bound nature, a situation that makes Andy wonder if he is fighting on the right side.
Bill Willingham
Peter & Max : a Fables novel
Long ago, in the deepest dark of the Black Forest, two brothers - Peter Piper and his older brother, Max - encounter ominous forces that change them both irreparably.
Steven F. Havill.
Race for the dying
Arriving in early twentieth-century Washington only to suffer a life-changing accident, young doctor Thomas Parks endures a painful convalescence during which he discovers that his supervising physician is perpetuating a fraudulent mail-order diagnosis business.
Cindy Woodsmall.
The sound of sleigh bells
Mourning the death of her fiancT, Beth Hertzler's heart is filled with remorse and loneliness, until she discovers a large, intricately carved scene of Amish children playing in the snow, and when her beloved Aunt Lizzy sees the changes in her niece, Lizzy hunts down the artist, Jonah, determined that Beth meet the man with the hands that create healing art.
Matchless : a Christmas story
The best-selling author of the Wicked Years series reimagines the Hans Christian Anderson tale "The Little Match Girl," intertwining the title character's tale with that of Frederik, whose own yearnings are a catalyst for a better future for himself and his family, in a book that suggests transcendence and the permanence of spirit.
William G. Tapply.
Dark tiger
A fishing guide who woke up in a hospital seven years ago with unexplained talents and no memories, Stoney Calhoun is visited by a mysterious stranger who promises to solve Stoney's problems if he will investigate a staged murder/suicide pact.
Jess Walter.
The financial lives of the poets
Matt Prior is losing his job, his wife, and his house, and he's about to lose his mindùuntil he discovers a way that he might just possibly be able to save it all ... and have a pretty damn great time doing it, in a comic and heartfelt novel from a National Book Award nominee.
Richard Belzer with Michael Black.
I am not a psychic!
A first novel by the actor best known for his portrayal of detective John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit presents the story of a television actor whose dinner with a friend culminates in a street brawl, a tabloid scandal, and his friend's disappearance.
Barbara Kingsolver.
The lacuna
Presents the story of a man's search for safety in the grinding jaws of two nations, at a moment when the entire world seemed bent on reinventing itself at any cost. This book provides a story of identity, connection with our past, and the power of words to create or devastate.
Reginald Hill.
Midnight fugue : a Dalziel and Pascoe mystery
In novel set during a single October day, Andy Dalziel investigates the seven-year disappearance of Gina Wolfe's husband, a former detective who may either be in a fugue state or fleeing suspicion over leaks in a case he was working, in a mystery that is further complicated by loan shark Goldie Gidman and two henchmen from his past who are shadowing Gina.
Elmer Kelton.
Other men's horses
Setting out to arrest a trader accused of killing a horse thief, young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard finds the case complicated by the trader's honor-bound nature, a situation that makes Andy wonder if he is fighting on the right side.
Bill Willingham
Peter & Max : a Fables novel
Long ago, in the deepest dark of the Black Forest, two brothers - Peter Piper and his older brother, Max - encounter ominous forces that change them both irreparably.
Steven F. Havill.
Race for the dying
Arriving in early twentieth-century Washington only to suffer a life-changing accident, young doctor Thomas Parks endures a painful convalescence during which he discovers that his supervising physician is perpetuating a fraudulent mail-order diagnosis business.
Cindy Woodsmall.
The sound of sleigh bells
Mourning the death of her fiancT, Beth Hertzler's heart is filled with remorse and loneliness, until she discovers a large, intricately carved scene of Amish children playing in the snow, and when her beloved Aunt Lizzy sees the changes in her niece, Lizzy hunts down the artist, Jonah, determined that Beth meet the man with the hands that create healing art.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Robb, Grisham, & Baldacci Have New Books on the Shelves
Emily Arsenault.
The broken teaglass
Engaging in office flirtation and amateur sleuthing to alleviate the boredom of their jobs as dictionary updaters, Billy Webb and Mona Minot discover that someone has been lacing their dictionary files with clues to a long-unsolved murder
Peter Ackroyd.
The casebook of Victor Frankenstein
An unlikely friendship between a pair of nineteenth-century Oxford students including researcher Victor Frankenstein and poet Percy Bysshe Shelly is marked by disparate religious beliefs that lead to Victor's grisly experimentations with corpses.
Patrick F. McManus.
The double jack murders : a sheriff Bo Tully mystery
After an escaped murderer sets his sights on Sheriff Bo Tully, the man that put him behind bars, Bo heads north to investigate the disappearance of two gold miners, in hopes of flushing out the escapee as well.
John Grisham
Ford County : stories
The author returns to Ford County, Mississippi--the setting of his popular first novel, "A Time to Kill"--in a surprising collection of stories.
J. D. Robb
Kindred in death
Investigating the brutal murder of her new captain's sixteen-year-old daughter, Lieutenant Eve Dallas believes she is closing in on the perpetrator only to encounter a series of teasing clues that suggest the identities of several possible suspects.
Carolyn Hart
Merry, merry ghost
When a determined heir moves to block a wealthy woman's attempt to include her newly discovered grandson in her will, it is up to good-intentioned ghost Bailey Ruth Raeburn to protect a little boy, foil a murderer, and save Christmas.
James Swain
The night monster : a novel of suspense
Witnessing the violent kidnapping of his daughter's basketball teammate, abduction specialist Jack Carpenter recognizes the snatcher from an unsolved case and sets out to rescue the girl before it is too late.
Christopher Moore
Paying back Jack
Agreeing to follow a Thai politician's "minor wife" to document her activities, private investigator Vincent Calvino wonders at his shady client's tragic past and is unwittingly swept up in a vengeance plot for which he narrowly avoids being framed for murder.
Sharon Fiffer
Scary stuff
The author of Hollywood Stuff offers a new mystery where, while visiting California, antique picker and associate detective Jane Wheel becomes embroiled in two cases involving her family, one of eBay-related mistaken identity involving her brother, and another that deals with her parents' friend being attacked at home.
David Baldacci
True blue
Fresh out of prison, disgraced ex-cop Mason "Mace" Perry, along with the help of her police chief sister, aids Roy Kingman, a lawyer trying to track down the killer of one of his law partners, all while a U.S. attorney looks for any reason to put Mace back behind bars
The broken teaglass
Engaging in office flirtation and amateur sleuthing to alleviate the boredom of their jobs as dictionary updaters, Billy Webb and Mona Minot discover that someone has been lacing their dictionary files with clues to a long-unsolved murder
Peter Ackroyd.
The casebook of Victor Frankenstein
An unlikely friendship between a pair of nineteenth-century Oxford students including researcher Victor Frankenstein and poet Percy Bysshe Shelly is marked by disparate religious beliefs that lead to Victor's grisly experimentations with corpses.
Patrick F. McManus.
The double jack murders : a sheriff Bo Tully mystery
After an escaped murderer sets his sights on Sheriff Bo Tully, the man that put him behind bars, Bo heads north to investigate the disappearance of two gold miners, in hopes of flushing out the escapee as well.
John Grisham
Ford County : stories
The author returns to Ford County, Mississippi--the setting of his popular first novel, "A Time to Kill"--in a surprising collection of stories.
J. D. Robb
Kindred in death
Investigating the brutal murder of her new captain's sixteen-year-old daughter, Lieutenant Eve Dallas believes she is closing in on the perpetrator only to encounter a series of teasing clues that suggest the identities of several possible suspects.
Carolyn Hart
Merry, merry ghost
When a determined heir moves to block a wealthy woman's attempt to include her newly discovered grandson in her will, it is up to good-intentioned ghost Bailey Ruth Raeburn to protect a little boy, foil a murderer, and save Christmas.
James Swain
The night monster : a novel of suspense
Witnessing the violent kidnapping of his daughter's basketball teammate, abduction specialist Jack Carpenter recognizes the snatcher from an unsolved case and sets out to rescue the girl before it is too late.
Christopher Moore
Paying back Jack
Agreeing to follow a Thai politician's "minor wife" to document her activities, private investigator Vincent Calvino wonders at his shady client's tragic past and is unwittingly swept up in a vengeance plot for which he narrowly avoids being framed for murder.
Sharon Fiffer
Scary stuff
The author of Hollywood Stuff offers a new mystery where, while visiting California, antique picker and associate detective Jane Wheel becomes embroiled in two cases involving her family, one of eBay-related mistaken identity involving her brother, and another that deals with her parents' friend being attacked at home.
David Baldacci
True blue
Fresh out of prison, disgraced ex-cop Mason "Mace" Perry, along with the help of her police chief sister, aids Roy Kingman, a lawyer trying to track down the killer of one of his law partners, all while a U.S. attorney looks for any reason to put Mace back behind bars
Friday, October 30, 2009
Eileen Goudge Tells About Family Bonds -- Lost & Re-found
Eileen Goudge.
Once in a blue moon
Separated in childhood and sent to foster homes after their neglectful mother's imprisonment, sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are reunited in adulthood and help each other through the fiercest battles of their lives despite their differences.
Once in a blue moon
Separated in childhood and sent to foster homes after their neglectful mother's imprisonment, sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are reunited in adulthood and help each other through the fiercest battles of their lives despite their differences.
Nora Roberts.
Bed of roses
Florist Emma Grant cannot find Mr. Right, until her passion grows for someone who has been in front of her the whole time, Jack Cooke, an architect that works closely with her and her colleagues at Vows wedding planning
Bed of roses
Florist Emma Grant cannot find Mr. Right, until her passion grows for someone who has been in front of her the whole time, Jack Cooke, an architect that works closely with her and her colleagues at Vows wedding planning
Michelle Cameron.
The fruit of her hands : the story of Shira of Ashkenaz
A tale based on the life of the author's thirteenth-century ancestor finds Shira, the wife of a famous medieval Jewish rabbi and scholar, rescued from a wrongful imprisonment and blossoming under previously restricted intellectual challenges before seeking refuge from increasing anti-Semitic beliefs.
The fruit of her hands : the story of Shira of Ashkenaz
A tale based on the life of the author's thirteenth-century ancestor finds Shira, the wife of a famous medieval Jewish rabbi and scholar, rescued from a wrongful imprisonment and blossoming under previously restricted intellectual challenges before seeking refuge from increasing anti-Semitic beliefs.
Haywood Smith.
Ladies of the lake
Spending a summer together in the hopes of inheriting their grandmother's lake estate, four sisters share old rivalries and new understandings while struggling with respective challenges in the areas of finance, marriage, and boundaries.
Ladies of the lake
Spending a summer together in the hopes of inheriting their grandmother's lake estate, four sisters share old rivalries and new understandings while struggling with respective challenges in the areas of finance, marriage, and boundaries.
Kate Grenville.
The lieutenant
Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. Daniel could only hope - against all the evidence - that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky.
The lieutenant
Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. Daniel could only hope - against all the evidence - that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky.
Janet Skeslien Charles.
Moonlight in Odessa
A tale inspired by the Russian mail-order bride industry finds young engineer Daria landing a secretary job at a foreign firm and redirecting her licentious boss toward a more willing mistress before taking work with a matchmaking agency, through which she meets an American teacher who fails to attract her as strongly as an irresponsible mobster.
Moonlight in Odessa
A tale inspired by the Russian mail-order bride industry finds young engineer Daria landing a secretary job at a foreign firm and redirecting her licentious boss toward a more willing mistress before taking work with a matchmaking agency, through which she meets an American teacher who fails to attract her as strongly as an irresponsible mobster.
Patricia Cornwell.
The Scarpetta factor
Kay Scarpetta offers her services pro bono to the New York City medical examiner's office, in addition to her duties as CNN's senior forensic analyst, which seems to trigger a series of unsettling events, including an apparent death threat.
The Scarpetta factor
Kay Scarpetta offers her services pro bono to the New York City medical examiner's office, in addition to her duties as CNN's senior forensic analyst, which seems to trigger a series of unsettling events, including an apparent death threat.
Sheramy Bundrick.
Sunflowers
Nineteenth-century French prostitute Rachel Courteau becomes drawn to one of her newest clients, Vincent Van Gogh, and a true relationship blossoms until outside pressures threaten the safe haven they have created.
Sunflowers
Nineteenth-century French prostitute Rachel Courteau becomes drawn to one of her newest clients, Vincent Van Gogh, and a true relationship blossoms until outside pressures threaten the safe haven they have created.
Terry Pratchett.
Unseen academicals : a novel of Discworld
While Archchancellor Ridcully, at the request of benevolent tyrant Lord Ventinari, scrambles to compose a capable football team from the unathletic rabble at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University, handsome yet lazy Trev falls for dim yet pretty kitchen maid Juliet, and hopes his friend Nutt's friendship with the cook, Glenda, will help him win romance.
Unseen academicals : a novel of Discworld
While Archchancellor Ridcully, at the request of benevolent tyrant Lord Ventinari, scrambles to compose a capable football team from the unathletic rabble at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University, handsome yet lazy Trev falls for dim yet pretty kitchen maid Juliet, and hopes his friend Nutt's friendship with the cook, Glenda, will help him win romance.
Lisa Patton.
Whistlin' Dixie in a nor'easter
Leaving her beloved Memphis to help her husband's pipe dream of running a Vermont inn, southern belle Leelee Satterfield discovers numerous unanticipated challenges and is forced to apply her southern-style wits in the wake of a cruel swindle.
Whistlin' Dixie in a nor'easter
Leaving her beloved Memphis to help her husband's pipe dream of running a Vermont inn, southern belle Leelee Satterfield discovers numerous unanticipated challenges and is forced to apply her southern-style wits in the wake of a cruel swindle.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Marcia Muller & Michael Connelly Among Favorite Authors With New Books on the Library Shelves
Stuart MacBride.
Blind eye
DCI Logan McRae investigates the torture and murder of several businessmen from the Polish community in Aberdeen, Scotland, trying to discern whether it is truly a hate crime or instead a veiled gangland turf war.
Michelle Moran
Cleopatra's daughter
A tale inspired by the lives of the children of Cleopatra and Marc Antony finds Selene, her twin Alexander, and their younger brother Ptolemy sent to Rome to be raised by a formidable family rival after the deaths of their parents.
Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Dracula : the un-dead
sequel cowritten by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and based on the original author's handwritten notes takes place twenty-five years later and finds Van Helsing's morphine-addicted protégé obsessed with countering evil forces and Quincey Harker learning disturbing truths about his parents' dark secrets in the wake of several murders.
John Saul.
House of reckoning
Outcast by an injury sustained from her father, foster child Sara Crane befriends a former mental patient and her art teacher and soon creates paintings of long-ago violent crimes committed by the inmates of a local asylum.
John Irving.
Last night in twisted river
In a story spanning five decades, a twelve-year-old boy in New Hampshire mistakes the constable's girlfriend for a bear, leading to an unfortunate accident that forces the boy and his father to become fugitives pursued by the constable, with their only help coming from a fiercely libertarian logger,
Marcia Muller.
Locked in
Fully conscious but locked in an unresponsive body after being shot by an unknown assailant, private investigator Sharon McCone lies in a hospital bed desperately struggling to communicate and solve the mystery of the attack.
Deborah Crombie.
Necessary as blood
A young mother has gone missing, and only Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Gemma James, can stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.
Michael Connelly.
Nine dragons
Investigating the shooting death of a Chinese liquor store owner, detective Harry Bosch identifies a suspect as a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad only to have his daughter go missing, a situation that prompts his high-stakes search across the Pacific.
Vince Flynn.
Pursuit of honor
In a new thriller featuring CIA superagent Mitch Rapp, fearless Americans must risk their lives for their country's security, fighting a covert war that can never be discussed, even with their own political leaders.
Annelise Ryan.
Working stiff
A first installment in a new series finds wisecracking nurse-turned-coroner Mattie Winston leaving her unfaithful husband only to find herself implicated in the murder of his girlfriend, a situation for which she struggles to clear her name before falling for a handsome detective.
Blind eye
DCI Logan McRae investigates the torture and murder of several businessmen from the Polish community in Aberdeen, Scotland, trying to discern whether it is truly a hate crime or instead a veiled gangland turf war.
Michelle Moran
Cleopatra's daughter
A tale inspired by the lives of the children of Cleopatra and Marc Antony finds Selene, her twin Alexander, and their younger brother Ptolemy sent to Rome to be raised by a formidable family rival after the deaths of their parents.
Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Dracula : the un-dead
sequel cowritten by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and based on the original author's handwritten notes takes place twenty-five years later and finds Van Helsing's morphine-addicted protégé obsessed with countering evil forces and Quincey Harker learning disturbing truths about his parents' dark secrets in the wake of several murders.
John Saul.
House of reckoning
Outcast by an injury sustained from her father, foster child Sara Crane befriends a former mental patient and her art teacher and soon creates paintings of long-ago violent crimes committed by the inmates of a local asylum.
John Irving.
Last night in twisted river
In a story spanning five decades, a twelve-year-old boy in New Hampshire mistakes the constable's girlfriend for a bear, leading to an unfortunate accident that forces the boy and his father to become fugitives pursued by the constable, with their only help coming from a fiercely libertarian logger,
Marcia Muller.
Locked in
Fully conscious but locked in an unresponsive body after being shot by an unknown assailant, private investigator Sharon McCone lies in a hospital bed desperately struggling to communicate and solve the mystery of the attack.
Deborah Crombie.
Necessary as blood
A young mother has gone missing, and only Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Gemma James, can stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.
Michael Connelly.
Nine dragons
Investigating the shooting death of a Chinese liquor store owner, detective Harry Bosch identifies a suspect as a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad only to have his daughter go missing, a situation that prompts his high-stakes search across the Pacific.
Vince Flynn.
Pursuit of honor
In a new thriller featuring CIA superagent Mitch Rapp, fearless Americans must risk their lives for their country's security, fighting a covert war that can never be discussed, even with their own political leaders.
Annelise Ryan.
Working stiff
A first installment in a new series finds wisecracking nurse-turned-coroner Mattie Winston leaving her unfaithful husband only to find herself implicated in the murder of his girlfriend, a situation for which she struggles to clear her name before falling for a handsome detective.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Get In the Holiday Mood With New Novels from Susan Wiggs & Richard Paul Evans
Susan Wiggs.
Lakeshore Christmas
When Maureen Davenport, a prim and proper librarian, is forced to direct Avalon's annual holiday pageant with Eddie Haven, a recovering former child-star who hates Christmas with a passion, she prays for a Christmas miracle.
Richard Paul Evans.
The Christmas list
The best-selling author of The Christmas Box and Grace returns with a new heartwarming novel for the holiday season, a story of hope, love, and faith.
Val McDermid.
Beneath the bleeding
Recovering in the hospital after the city of Bradfield's star soccer player is poisoned and several are killed in a stadium explosion, Dr. Tony Hill tries to make sense of the case, which is complicated by the fact that his usual ally, DCI Carol Jordan, has been pushed to the margins of the investigation by intelligence services.
Tracie Peterson.
Dawn's prelude
When newly widowed Lydia Sellers discovers that she is the sole recipient of her husband's fortune, her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves, and, determined to put the memories of a painful past behind her, Lydia travels to join her aunt in Alaska, where the unexpected awaits her.
Christi Phillips.
The Devlin diary
When a Trinity College history professor is found murdered with a torn page of a seventeenth-century diary in his hand, fellow Claire Donovan and historian Andrew Kent believe his death may be linked to a series of unsolved killings in 1670s London.
Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain.
A fatal feast : a murder, she wrote mystery
Suffering from writer's block with both her novel's deadline and Thanksgiving fast approaching, Jessica Fletcher and her friend, Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland, stumble upon the body of a man with a carving knife stuck in his chest.
Mercedes Lackey.
Gwenhwyfar : the white spirit
Gwenhwyfar, the King's daughter, chooses the path of the Warrior, but is called upon by the Ladies of the Well to become Arthur's queen, and faces temptation, trechery, intrigue, and betrayal.
Joanne Fluke.
Plum pudding murder : a Hannah Swensen mystery
When Larry Jaeger, the owner of the Crazy Elf Christmas Tree Lot, is murdered, bakery owner Hannah Swenson, during the busiest time of the year, must sift through a wealth of suspects before a murderous Scrooge strikes again.
Laura Childs.
Tragic magic
Scrapbook shop owner Carmela helps her friend renovate an old mansion in New Orleans into a crafty haunted house for tourists, but finds herself investigating a series of murders when a flaming body comes crashing through the window.
Kerry Greenwood.
Trick or treat : a Corinna Chapman mystery
Greenwood's Melbourne baker deals with a competitor bakery, her boyfriends gorgeous ex-girlfriend, and a strange outbreak of madness which seems to be centered on her street.
Lakeshore Christmas
When Maureen Davenport, a prim and proper librarian, is forced to direct Avalon's annual holiday pageant with Eddie Haven, a recovering former child-star who hates Christmas with a passion, she prays for a Christmas miracle.
Richard Paul Evans.
The Christmas list
The best-selling author of The Christmas Box and Grace returns with a new heartwarming novel for the holiday season, a story of hope, love, and faith.
Val McDermid.
Beneath the bleeding
Recovering in the hospital after the city of Bradfield's star soccer player is poisoned and several are killed in a stadium explosion, Dr. Tony Hill tries to make sense of the case, which is complicated by the fact that his usual ally, DCI Carol Jordan, has been pushed to the margins of the investigation by intelligence services.
Tracie Peterson.
Dawn's prelude
When newly widowed Lydia Sellers discovers that she is the sole recipient of her husband's fortune, her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves, and, determined to put the memories of a painful past behind her, Lydia travels to join her aunt in Alaska, where the unexpected awaits her.
Christi Phillips.
The Devlin diary
When a Trinity College history professor is found murdered with a torn page of a seventeenth-century diary in his hand, fellow Claire Donovan and historian Andrew Kent believe his death may be linked to a series of unsolved killings in 1670s London.
Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain.
A fatal feast : a murder, she wrote mystery
Suffering from writer's block with both her novel's deadline and Thanksgiving fast approaching, Jessica Fletcher and her friend, Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland, stumble upon the body of a man with a carving knife stuck in his chest.
Mercedes Lackey.
Gwenhwyfar : the white spirit
Gwenhwyfar, the King's daughter, chooses the path of the Warrior, but is called upon by the Ladies of the Well to become Arthur's queen, and faces temptation, trechery, intrigue, and betrayal.
Joanne Fluke.
Plum pudding murder : a Hannah Swensen mystery
When Larry Jaeger, the owner of the Crazy Elf Christmas Tree Lot, is murdered, bakery owner Hannah Swenson, during the busiest time of the year, must sift through a wealth of suspects before a murderous Scrooge strikes again.
Laura Childs.
Tragic magic
Scrapbook shop owner Carmela helps her friend renovate an old mansion in New Orleans into a crafty haunted house for tourists, but finds herself investigating a series of murders when a flaming body comes crashing through the window.
Kerry Greenwood.
Trick or treat : a Corinna Chapman mystery
Greenwood's Melbourne baker deals with a competitor bakery, her boyfriends gorgeous ex-girlfriend, and a strange outbreak of madness which seems to be centered on her street.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
William Bernhardt & Diana Gabaldon Have New Novels on the Library Shelves
William Bernhardt.
Capitol offense
Accused of murdering a police officer he held responsible for the tragic death of his wife, Professor Dennis Thomas implores high-profile lawyer Ben Kincaid to defend him, a case during which the intrepid attorney is pitted against an ambitious DA and a dangerous conspiracy.
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa.
Daughters of the stone
A tale spanning five generations of a family of African-Puerto Rican women finds mute seamstress Fela working in colonial Puerto Rico and drawing on her tribal beliefs to enable the birth of a daughter who becomes a powerful curandera.
Diana Gabaldon.
An echo in the bone
While Jacobite Jamie Fraser reluctantly participates in the American rebellion with a foreknowledge of the fledgling country's victory, his time-traveling wife, Claire, worries about the ultimate price of the war while struggling to safeguard her family
Peggy Webb.
Elvis and the grateful dead
When two Elvis impersonators meet their maker during the annual Elvis festival, Callie Valentine Jones must come to the aid of her cousin Lovie--a 190-pound bombshell who has had more boyfriends than the King had hits--when she becomes the prime suspect.
Joe Pernice.
It feels so good when I stop
In this funny and irreverent debut novel by the acclaimed singer, songwriter, and front man of The Pernice Brothers, a modern Everyman struggles to learn how to love, want, choose, and commit all on his own terms.
Nick Hornby.
Juliet, naked
Ending her relationship with a man who turns out to be in love with a reclusive singer, Annie initiates an e-mail friendship with the musician that reveals their mutual loneliness, his concerns about his young son, and his plans to release an acoustic version of his most successful album
Alexander McCall Smith.
The lost art of gratitude
Encountering high-flying financier Minty Auchterlonie while attending a birthday party, Isabel learns of Minty's complicated monetary troubles and wonders if the ambitious woman is perpetuating a fraud, a situation that is further complicated by a plagiarism battle with Professor Dove and Cat's problematic new man.
Norb Vonnegut.
Top producer : a novel of dark money, greed, and friendship
In the wake of a man's graphic murder in front of hundreds of party-goers
Margaret Atwood.
The year of the flood
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski Confronts Tough Reality in Chicago Politics, Business & Her Own Family in "Hardball".
Sara Paretsky.
Hardball
Hired to track down a man who has been missing for forty years, V.I. Warshawski inadvertently unearths old skeletons from Chicago's history and her own family, a situation marked by a young cousin she has never met and the untimely death of a nun.
J.P. White.
Every boat turns south
Publishers Weekly says "This stylish debut novel from poet White (The Salt Hour) brings to mind John D. MacDonald's Florida noirs, but with a modern sensibility."
James R. Benn.
Evil for evil
A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery
Beverle Graves Myers.
Her deadly mischief : a Tito Amato mystery
Returning to the stage singing the lead role at the Teatro San Marco, Tito Amato is the only person who saw Zulietta Giardino pushed to her death from a fourth-tier box.
Richard Bach.
Hypnotizing Maria
"An exploration of deep spiritual and philosophical issues through the eyes of a pilot"--Provided by publisher.
Jacquelyn Mitchard.
No time to wave goodbye
In a book that revisits the family featured in the author's best-selling The Deep End of the Ocean, the Cappadora family is once again in peril after adult son Vincent's acclaimed film about the families of abductees leads to Beth Cappadora once again leading her family in search of the truth that can save a life.
Ann Cleeves.
Red bones : a thriller
In the aftermath of a young archaeologist's discovery of human remains that may be modern, Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate a case that is further complicated by the subsequent murder of an elderly woman.
Shandi Mitchell.
Under this unbroken sky
Out of prison, Theo Mykolayenkos tirelessly clears his untamed land on the 1938 Canadian prairie and begins to heal himself; his wife, Maria; his children; and his sister, Anna; but soon Anna's rogue husband, the scheming Stefan, returns, stirring up rancor that will end in tragedy.
Sheldon Russell.
The yard dog
Assigned to security work at a German POW camp in Oklahoma, a disillusioned Hook Runyon and his moonshiner sidekick, Runt, stumble on the dead body of a coal picker and uncover a dangerous conspiracy involving Nazi prisoners and stolen art.
Hardball
Hired to track down a man who has been missing for forty years, V.I. Warshawski inadvertently unearths old skeletons from Chicago's history and her own family, a situation marked by a young cousin she has never met and the untimely death of a nun.
J.P. White.
Every boat turns south
Publishers Weekly says "This stylish debut novel from poet White (The Salt Hour) brings to mind John D. MacDonald's Florida noirs, but with a modern sensibility."
James R. Benn.
Evil for evil
A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery
Beverle Graves Myers.
Her deadly mischief : a Tito Amato mystery
Returning to the stage singing the lead role at the Teatro San Marco, Tito Amato is the only person who saw Zulietta Giardino pushed to her death from a fourth-tier box.
Richard Bach.
Hypnotizing Maria
"An exploration of deep spiritual and philosophical issues through the eyes of a pilot"--Provided by publisher.
Jacquelyn Mitchard.
No time to wave goodbye
In a book that revisits the family featured in the author's best-selling The Deep End of the Ocean, the Cappadora family is once again in peril after adult son Vincent's acclaimed film about the families of abductees leads to Beth Cappadora once again leading her family in search of the truth that can save a life.
Ann Cleeves.
Red bones : a thriller
In the aftermath of a young archaeologist's discovery of human remains that may be modern, Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate a case that is further complicated by the subsequent murder of an elderly woman.
Shandi Mitchell.
Under this unbroken sky
Out of prison, Theo Mykolayenkos tirelessly clears his untamed land on the 1938 Canadian prairie and begins to heal himself; his wife, Maria; his children; and his sister, Anna; but soon Anna's rogue husband, the scheming Stefan, returns, stirring up rancor that will end in tragedy.
Sheldon Russell.
The yard dog
Assigned to security work at a German POW camp in Oklahoma, a disillusioned Hook Runyon and his moonshiner sidekick, Runt, stumble on the dead body of a coal picker and uncover a dangerous conspiracy involving Nazi prisoners and stolen art.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Symbologist Robert Langdon returns in Dan Brown’s new thriller, “The Lost Symbol”
Dan Brown.
The lost symbol
The eagerly awaited follow-up to the best-selling The Da Vinci Code once again features Robert Langdon and weaves five years of the author's research into the story's twelve-hour timeframe, in an exhilarating thriller that is full of surprises.
Thad Carhart.
Across the endless river
A tale inspired by the life of Sacagawea's son traces his birth during the Lewis and Clark expedition and youth as a ward of William Clark through his travels in Europe, where he is introduced to a profoundly different culture, has a passionate affair, and reevaluates his life on the frontier.
Jim Kelly.
Death wore white
Rookie detective Peter Shaw and his veteran partner investigate the murder of a truck driver stranded in a blizzard, and end up reviewing the failed child abuse charge brought about by Peter Shaw's father, who was also a detective, years before.
Gerald Elias.
Devil's trill
Living in self-imposed exile while berating his students, blind violin instructor Daniel Jacobus attends a Carnegie Hall competition where a cursed Stradivarius is stolen and an old nemesis is brutally murdered, a situation that forces Daniel to prove his innocence for both crimes.
Andrea Kane.
Drawn in blood
Former FBI agent Sloane Burbank's father witnessed a crime that has now come back to haunt him and Sloane must either betray his secret or withhold the information from the man she loves, former colleague Derek Parker, in a sequel to the best-selling author's novel Twisted.
Charles Todd.
A duty to the dead
World War I nurse Bess Crawford promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to his brother, a request that is treated with skepticism, leading Bess to carry it out herself and put her own life at risk for Arthur's sake.
James Landis.
The last day
Returning to his New Hampshire home after his tour of service in Iraq, an army sniper has a profound religious experience through which he recalls the role of his faith in influencing the time he spent in an adversarial country and his growing appreciation for its culture.
Tracy Kiely.
Murder at Longbourn
Dumping her boyfriend and her unhealthy lifestyle on New Year's, Elizabeth Parker accepts her aunt's invitation to host a murder-mystery party only to see the festivities shattered by an unscripted killing that is further complicated by a childhood nemesis's scheme.
Seanan McGuire.
Rosemary and rue
Retreating into the human world after being rejected by her Faerie family, half-fae changeling Toby finds her anonymity compromised by the murder of a high-profile countess who binds her to investigate, a situation that forces Toby to resume her fae position among dubious companions.
Aaron Elkins.
Skull duggery
While on vacation in Mexico, skeleton detective Gideon Oliver is called in to determine the cause of death on two sets of suspiciously misidentified remains.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Nicholas Sparks is Back With a Story of Love, New & Lasting
Nicholas Sparks.
The last song
Her teenage life turned upside-down by her parents' divorce and her father's relocation out of state, Ronnie Miller remains bitter three years later when her mother urges her to spend a summer with her father, a concert pianist who is quietly immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church
Marcus Sakey.
The amateurs
Four friends with dreams for a better life go too far with a plan to change their situation, and to save their own lives, they've had to take the lives of others, causing tensions to flare as things unravel and forcing each to wonder which is more dangerous: the men coming after them or their best friends?
Deon Meyer ; translated from the Afrikaans by K.L. Seegers.
Blood safari
Emma Le Roux hires a personal security expert when her believed-dead brother is named as a suspect in the murders of five people, a situation that exposes her to political tensions, corruption, and life-threatening violence.
Freda Warrington.
Elfland
When the passage to the Other World fails to open on the designated Night of the Summer Stars due to great danger in the realm, Aetherials Auberon and Rose form a forbidden alliance to breach the gates.
Amit Chaudhuri.
The immortals
Trained in the classical idiom but teaching popular modern songs to wealthy clients whose lifestyle he covets, voice teacher Shyam Lal of 1980s Bombay accepts his star pupil's sixteen-year-old child, Nirmalya, as a student of Indian classical music, an undertaking that poses unexpected consequences.
Carolina De Robertis.
The invisible mountain
Follows the story of the fiercely independent women of the Firielli family as their lives, relationships, and the pursuit of their dreams take them from Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and the United States.
Thomas Harlan.
Land of the dead
When a weapon of the Old Ones, from the time of the First Sun, is discovered in a region of space, archeologist Gretchen Anderssen must investigate, and then tame or destroy it, to keep it from the hands of opposing powers.
Jane Lindskold.
Nine gates
Brenda Morris discovers that she is a member of the Chinese Zodiak, possessing some powers of the Rat, and must work with the Thirteen Orphans to rescue the Four Guardians of the Land Between, who are under magical attack.
Kate Ledger.
Remedies
Simon Bear, a respected doctor, and Emily Bear, a partner in a PR firm, excel in their professional lives, but have hit a rut in their marriage after a devastating loss fifteen years ago, a situation that is further complicated when a lover from Emily's past resurfaces and forces her to examine her marriage anew.
Kat Richardson.
Vanished : a Greywalker novel
Private Investigator Harper Blaine discovers she can bridge the world between the living and the paranormal after a near-death experience, and becomes Greywalker, taking on a case for vampires and delving into the mysteries of her own dark past.
The last song
Her teenage life turned upside-down by her parents' divorce and her father's relocation out of state, Ronnie Miller remains bitter three years later when her mother urges her to spend a summer with her father, a concert pianist who is quietly immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church
Marcus Sakey.
The amateurs
Four friends with dreams for a better life go too far with a plan to change their situation, and to save their own lives, they've had to take the lives of others, causing tensions to flare as things unravel and forcing each to wonder which is more dangerous: the men coming after them or their best friends?
Deon Meyer ; translated from the Afrikaans by K.L. Seegers.
Blood safari
Emma Le Roux hires a personal security expert when her believed-dead brother is named as a suspect in the murders of five people, a situation that exposes her to political tensions, corruption, and life-threatening violence.
Freda Warrington.
Elfland
When the passage to the Other World fails to open on the designated Night of the Summer Stars due to great danger in the realm, Aetherials Auberon and Rose form a forbidden alliance to breach the gates.
Amit Chaudhuri.
The immortals
Trained in the classical idiom but teaching popular modern songs to wealthy clients whose lifestyle he covets, voice teacher Shyam Lal of 1980s Bombay accepts his star pupil's sixteen-year-old child, Nirmalya, as a student of Indian classical music, an undertaking that poses unexpected consequences.
Carolina De Robertis.
The invisible mountain
Follows the story of the fiercely independent women of the Firielli family as their lives, relationships, and the pursuit of their dreams take them from Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and the United States.
Thomas Harlan.
Land of the dead
When a weapon of the Old Ones, from the time of the First Sun, is discovered in a region of space, archeologist Gretchen Anderssen must investigate, and then tame or destroy it, to keep it from the hands of opposing powers.
Jane Lindskold.
Nine gates
Brenda Morris discovers that she is a member of the Chinese Zodiak, possessing some powers of the Rat, and must work with the Thirteen Orphans to rescue the Four Guardians of the Land Between, who are under magical attack.
Kate Ledger.
Remedies
Simon Bear, a respected doctor, and Emily Bear, a partner in a PR firm, excel in their professional lives, but have hit a rut in their marriage after a devastating loss fifteen years ago, a situation that is further complicated when a lover from Emily's past resurfaces and forces her to examine her marriage anew.
Kat Richardson.
Vanished : a Greywalker novel
Private Investigator Harper Blaine discovers she can bridge the world between the living and the paranormal after a near-death experience, and becomes Greywalker, taking on a case for vampires and delving into the mysteries of her own dark past.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Two Feisty, Aging Brothers Settle Their Differences in Casares “Amigoland”
Oscar Casares.
Amigoland
Encouraged in his senior years by a good-natured housekeeper to make amends with the brother with whom he has shared a long estrangement, Don Celestino secretly liberates Don Fidencio from a nursing home and embarks on a journey to Mexico to investigate a family legend at the heart of their dispute.
Sophie Littlefield.
A bad day for sorry
Running a sewing shop in rural Missouri while helping battered women to escape from abusive environments, salty Stella Hardesty assists a woman whose ne'er-do-well husband has run off with their two-year-old, a situation for which Stella must risk her own life to recover the boy.
Amanda C. Gable.
The Confederate general rides north
A 1968 summer road trip between an impulsive mom and her Civil War-buff eleven-year-old daughter poses unexpected challenges to the young girl's faith in her mother and her loyalty to the south when it raises her awareness of her family and the history she reveres.
Kenneth Abel.
Down in the flood
Investigating an embezzlement case when his world is decimated by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans prosecutor Danny Chaisson struggles to secure his family's safety while endeavoring to keep his suspects from using the disaster to escape. By the author of Cold Steel Rain.
Brigid Pasulka.
A long, long time ago and essentially true
Half a century after the marriage of her Polish grandparents is marred by World War II and a painful tragedy, Beata recreates their journey to KrakGow, where she encounters a youth culture torn between the city's past and future.
David Rosenfelt
.New tricks
Advocating on behalf of an adorable puppy whose owner was brutally murdered during a custody fight, Andy Carpenter realizes that the pup poss
esses a dangerous secret that several people are resorting to violence to obtain.
L. Jagi Lamplighter.
Prospero lost
Surviving with her family members for 400 years after the events of The Tempest, sorcerer's daughter Miranda enlists her siblings in a search for their missing father after receiving a warning about ancient demons who would harness their powers.
Boris Akunin ; translated by Andrew Bromfield.
Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel
In the wake of a messianic Jewish sect leader's murder aboard a steamer bound for Jerusalem, Sister Pelagia discovers that the victim was set up as a decoy while the real target tries to evade enemies, a situation that prompts her investigation throughout the Russian forests and Jerusalem's most holy sites.
Martha Moody.
Sometimes mine
Holding her other loved ones at a distance to safeguard herself from the disappointments that marked her early adulthood, cardiologist Genie Toledo shares a platonic relationship with a man with whom she once had a decade-long affair, a friendship that deepens when she learns he is terminally ill.
Karin Fossum ; translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund.
The water's edge
When a couple discovers the body of a boy and sees a man limping away from the scene, Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre make inquiries throughout the community of Solberglia and find the case complicated by another boy's disappearance and the couple's marital tensions.
Amigoland
Encouraged in his senior years by a good-natured housekeeper to make amends with the brother with whom he has shared a long estrangement, Don Celestino secretly liberates Don Fidencio from a nursing home and embarks on a journey to Mexico to investigate a family legend at the heart of their dispute.
Sophie Littlefield.
A bad day for sorry
Running a sewing shop in rural Missouri while helping battered women to escape from abusive environments, salty Stella Hardesty assists a woman whose ne'er-do-well husband has run off with their two-year-old, a situation for which Stella must risk her own life to recover the boy.
Amanda C. Gable.
The Confederate general rides north
A 1968 summer road trip between an impulsive mom and her Civil War-buff eleven-year-old daughter poses unexpected challenges to the young girl's faith in her mother and her loyalty to the south when it raises her awareness of her family and the history she reveres.
Kenneth Abel.
Down in the flood
Investigating an embezzlement case when his world is decimated by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans prosecutor Danny Chaisson struggles to secure his family's safety while endeavoring to keep his suspects from using the disaster to escape. By the author of Cold Steel Rain.
Brigid Pasulka.
A long, long time ago and essentially true
Half a century after the marriage of her Polish grandparents is marred by World War II and a painful tragedy, Beata recreates their journey to KrakGow, where she encounters a youth culture torn between the city's past and future.
David Rosenfelt
.New tricks
Advocating on behalf of an adorable puppy whose owner was brutally murdered during a custody fight, Andy Carpenter realizes that the pup poss
esses a dangerous secret that several people are resorting to violence to obtain.
L. Jagi Lamplighter.
Prospero lost
Surviving with her family members for 400 years after the events of The Tempest, sorcerer's daughter Miranda enlists her siblings in a search for their missing father after receiving a warning about ancient demons who would harness their powers.
Boris Akunin ; translated by Andrew Bromfield.
Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel
In the wake of a messianic Jewish sect leader's murder aboard a steamer bound for Jerusalem, Sister Pelagia discovers that the victim was set up as a decoy while the real target tries to evade enemies, a situation that prompts her investigation throughout the Russian forests and Jerusalem's most holy sites.
Martha Moody.
Sometimes mine
Holding her other loved ones at a distance to safeguard herself from the disappointments that marked her early adulthood, cardiologist Genie Toledo shares a platonic relationship with a man with whom she once had a decade-long affair, a friendship that deepens when she learns he is terminally ill.
Karin Fossum ; translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund.
The water's edge
When a couple discovers the body of a boy and sees a man limping away from the scene, Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre make inquiries throughout the community of Solberglia and find the case complicated by another boy's disappearance and the couple's marital tensions.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Nitwitts of Second Creek, MI, Helping True Love in “A Piggly Wiggly Wedding”
Robert Dalby.
A Piggly Wiggly wedding
When the impending nuptials of seventy-one-year-old Mayor Hale Dunbar and the widow Gaylie Lyons are threatened by the bride-to-be's disapproving grown children, the Nitwitts plan a welcome for the children designed to garner their approval. By the author of Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly.
Priscilla Royal.
Chambers of death
When a groom is brutally butchered in the stable and the cook accused of his murder, Prioress Eleanor and her faithful friend, Brother Thomas, can't help investigating what they soon see is a convenient rush to judgment by the local sheriff in this medieval mystery. As the death toll mounts, they discover any number of suspects among the manor's household.
Karen Marie Moning.
Dreamfever
Atlanta suburb resident MacKayla Lane discovers her ability to see into the realm of the Fae after the devastating murder of her sister and attracts the unwanted attention of Seelie, vampire, and human assassins.
Mark de Castrique.
The Fitzgerald ruse
The theft of a F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript may be part of an attempt to maintain secrecy of an American fascist organization that flourished in the 1930s—or it may be rooted in the immediate past, as rogue Blackwater mercenaries come after the loot they imagine former U.S. military CID officer, Sam Blackman, stole from them.
Robert Ferrigno.
Heart of the assassin
In a near-future world decimated by nuclear bombs, the Islamic-occupied nations that once comprised the United States struggle with religious fundamentalism, while retired shadow warrior Rakkim Epps endeavors to unite the Islamic Republic with the Bible Belt.
Alia Yunis.
The night counter
Fatima Abdullah tries to tie up the loose ends of her crazy family, including finding a wife for her openly gay grandson and teaching Arabic to her pregnant teenage great-granddaughter, all while under surveillance by two bumbling FBI agents.
Sijie Dai ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.
Once on a moonless night
From the author of the bestselling Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress comes the story of the search for an ancient silk scroll inscribed with a lost Buddist sutra, and one woman's search for her lost love.
Susan Shapiro.
Speed shrinking
In advance of her TV interview to tout her book on conquering sugar addiction, Julia Goodman seeks solace in cupcakes after her therapist and best friend move and while her husband is away filming a television pilot, prompting her to see eight new therapists in eight days to help shrink back her anxiety, and her waistline, before her big close-up.
Jonathan Tropper.
This is where I leave you
The mourning period after their father dies brings each of the family members to unexpected epiphanies about their own lives and each other.
Joseph Finder.
Vanished
After an assault leaves his estranged brother nowhere to be found and his sister-in-law in a coma, security investigator and ex-intelligence agent Nick Heller is forced to seek help even from his despised convict father as Nick contends with one of the most powerful and secretive corporations in the world, an endeavor which may get him and everyone he's trying to protect killed.
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